National percentile rankings for jurisdictions based on average scores in NAEP eighth-grade writing, by lower-income status and selected race/ethnicity categories: 2007

Percentile ranking

Jurisdiction

Overall

Lower-income

White

Black

Hispanic

Nation

48

33

57

33

33

Large central city

38

30

57

30

30

Atlanta

37

32

72

35



Austin

39

22

70

24

24

Boston

42

36

70

34

30

Charlotte

49

33

69

36

35

Chicago

39

35

66

31

41

Cleveland

26

26

34

25

26

Houston

35

30

67

32

31

Los Angeles

30

26

55

23

26

New York City

39

36

63

32

30

San Diego

40

26

63

37

22

 Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate.

NOTE: Data for other race/ethnicity categories and income levels are included in overall but not reported separately. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. In NAEP, lower-income students are students identified as eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Writing Assessment.